German 35(t) Skoda. An Super "Scrach"

By: Javier Moreno

Model creation that has been used for the series production of this model by KMR, from Zaragoza, Spain.

The scale model has been made in its totality in 2mm plasticard, and to make it they have made different developments in fine cardboard. There were made copies and was mounted the model in paper, as if will be a trimable one. The accomplishment of the wheels and tracks, toolbox and steering and tractor wheels have been made of the following way:

Back tractor wheel: Has been used the gear wheel of the Italeri Panzer 38t as base, filed one by one their teeth and being greater depth to it, to make the separation between gears have been made plasticard circles of 1,5mm by 12 mm, and they have stuck together. The protection piece for the tracks does not leave (looks like a little pot) has made making a plasticard block with total wide and later has been turned, to make the different projections. The different nuts have been made with hexagonal punches of different sizes.

Front steering wheel: The system used is the same one that decipher in the previous section.

Tighten track rollers: They have been made in 1,5mm plasticard sticking two 7mm circles, have been turned making the tread band and the inner depth, the center nut, this make in plasticard with the previously mentioned punches, the six screws which delimit the inferior plate was made with stretched plastic rod. The union between rollers and their fixation to the chassis was made with 2.5mm plastic rod.

Set of wheel train: They compose of the following pieces. Crossbows, small carts, wheels and union to the chassis support piece.

Crossbows: They have been made gluing together 0.3mm plasticard sheets, we cut five sheets of the following measures: 32x3x0.3 - 27x3x0.3 - 23x3x0.3 - 19x3x0.3 - 15x3x0.3. Soon we will embrace them between if with 0.8mm square plasticard rods, dividing the overall length of the crossbow in four parts.

Wheels: They have been made in 2.5mm plasticard, were made 11mm circles and they have been turned to make the tread band of different inner details. The screws that delimit the inner plate was made with stretched plastic rod.

Piece of subjection of the small cart and union to the chassis of the set: It has been made putting together 1.5mm plasticard sheets until obtaining the wished volume. It has been filed giving the definitive form and has added three pieces to the set, 2 semicircular and another one with triangular form with his cleared vertices. These pieces have been made with 0.5mm plasticard.

Piece of subjection of wheels and crossbow: Was made in 1mm plasticard, adding in its lower part a 1mm sheet that there will give their form with a file.

Toolbox and accessories: Was made with 1.5mm plasticard glued together, and has been filed to mark the raise of the cover. The piece that simulates the closing was made in 0.5mm plasticard, the hinge was made with strechted plastic rod.

Antenna base and support piece: Made with several 0.3mm plasticard circles glued together. The support piece has been made of a plasticard block.

Front sight: Has been made with 0.4mm copper thread, to the set was added a nut to simulate the subjection.

Horn: Made with two 1mm plasticard circles of different sizes and stretched plastic rod.

Hoe and shovel: Leftovers of others kits.

Knapsacks: of VERLINDEN brand

Tie of firewood: Made with natural branches.

Flag: Made with kitchen aluminum paper

Rivets: They were made one by one in 0.5mm plasticard with a punch, glued with trichlorineacetylene. They were sanded first with fine grain water sanpaper and later has been polished the entire scale model with a Scotch Brite coarse fabric.

Marking of panels: They have been made with a metalic rule and a steel fine tip.

The different pieces that complement the structure are:

Hinges: Plastic rods of 0.8mm cut to a half.

Covers and hatchways: Made with 0.5mm Plasticard.

Handles: The hinge was made with plastic rod and the handle with copper thread of very little section.

Back wood pieces: Made in 1.5mm Plasticard, recording with a striker pin the draw to imitate the wood.

Tower of the vehicle: Was take the Italeri Panzer 38t as bases, with the following modifications:

-Move to right and backwards the tank commander cupola, cut the hatch with a little saw and the lazy orifice has been closed to half with 1mm plasticard, they have been filed and conformed the four viewfinders, and has been added, in the right part of the tower, a wedge supplement, exactly underneath the viewfinder. One has become glued the hatchway, adding rivets.

-The Cupola has been made with Plasticard circles, that have swaggered in their interior, was made the total volume and finally was filed. The two superior small covers are of 0.5mm Plasticard. The back cylinders have been made with plastic rod (support of kits pieces), they have been filed to remove the moulding tracks and they have glued among them. The attachment nuts have been made with a round punch. In its interior has been made the wadding that took  with Milliput.

-The cannon tube has been used also as base the one of Italeri kit, making the superior part of characteristic form, with plastic rod. Inferior rod or top, made in plastic rod of 0.8mm has made the cannon mouth with the tube that brings the cotton swabs

-For Machine guns we used those of Italeri kit, adding pieces to the sides forming a box.

-To the riveted was slime the existing one and made in the same way that the chassis . 

Painting of the model

It was made with airbrush, having used the following colors (Humbrol): Panzer Grey HM4 as base, later light the model doing little spots (clouds) with HB6 Sea Grey and late with dry brush we emphasized the detail (using HB6 + white + dark earth, in little amount). The oxidation tones were made with a mixture of orange and leather brown.

The accumulated mud of the way, has been made with aguaplast and very fine earth, painting it in different tones.

The track has been painted making washings. First  was applied to it a base black, with washings of orange MC11 and Leather 62, and in the edges dry brush with a tone of Titan brand.

The identification numerals as those of division property have been made by hand, like the crosses that takes the vehicle in both sides of the hull, and the two yellow vanes of the front.

We have decipher since the model has been made, fact this has removed to molds from all pieces and the model here represented was made in their totality in resin.